In House Review - ASUS CRW-4816A 48/16/48 CD-RW

[Ian]

CDRLabs has taken a look at ASUS\'s new 48/16/48 CD-RW, the CRW-4816A. Like the name suggests, the CRW-4816A writes at 48x. However, its also one of the first drives to feature 16x rewriting speeds. The CRW-4816A also features ASUS\'s own FlextraLink, FlextraSpeed and DDSS II technologies and is the first drive from ASUS to ship with support for the new Mt. Rainier format.

In this review we\'ll take a look at some of the features found in ASUS\'s new drive and see how it compares to some of the other 48x writers currently available. Does the drive deliver the performance and quality ASUS is known for? Are 16x rewriting speeds really all they\'re cracked up to be? You\'ll have to read the review to find out.

ASUS CRW-4816A 48/16/48 CD-RW

This review has taken a lot of my time so I am a little behind. Our review of the Yamaha CRW-F1 is coming up along with a whole bunch of new drives and even some new software. Keep checking back!

[Ian]

post your comments and questions here.

[eliminator]

Maybe better luck with a BenQ 4816P or a CyberDrive CW078D ?

[Ian]

Thanks for the reminder. I need to get those in for testing.

[eliminator]

Allright ! You're gonna luv BenQ's speed, acces times & CPU usage
Wish they both enabled MtRainier & increased buffer mem tho

[Kennyshin]

So much difference.

http://www.cdrlabs.com/reviews/index.php?reviewid=133&page=Performance

Asus CRW-4816A 4:02
VisionTekk Xtasy 48x 4:42
LiteOn LTR-48125W 4:52
Mitsumi CR-485CTE 12:51
Teac CD-W540E 13:06

What's so wrong with Mitsumi CR-485CTE and Teac CD-W540E?

[Scour]

Hello!

In the Technical specs there is "4012A", but this writer is the "4816A"

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[Ian]

I left that in there for you to find Scour.

[Scour]

Hello!

That´s nice from you, Ian

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Scour

[LasMet]

Were the problems in writing and rewriting fixed? Anybody knows?..